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Research backs marking essay-style responses in scoris assessor
22nd March 2011
The impact of technology in assessment continues to be an area of focus for education and assessment research agencies.
Cambridge Assessment has conducted a number of research projects analysing the impact of onscreen marking on the reliability of marking, with the most recent research being presented at the AEA-Europe Conference (Oslo, November 2010) and then published in Cambridge Assessment's Research Matters journal in January 2011.
The conclusions of this research are positive, i.e. the marking of essay-style responses, marked using RM Assessment's scoris assessor on-screen marking application, is as reliable as it would be if marking on paper.
RM believes that the conclusions of this research are a result of working closely with all its assessment partners, including Cambridge Assessment, to provide a solution that supports markers in their role. This enables them to focus on the marking task and not the technology.